Improvement in gas stoves



YOUNG .& BENSTER.

.Gas Stove.

Patented Feb. 5, 1867.

N. PETERS. Flwkoblhognphzr, Washington, DJ

gotten ts-tee gaunt ffirm CHARLES M. YOUNG .AND EMORY M. BENSTER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

I Letters Patent No. 61,788,:fltzted February 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENTIN ens srovrs.

TO -ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, CHARLES M. Yours. and EMonY M. Bnns'rnn, of Detroit, in the county o f Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved Petroleum Gas Stove; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, 'clear, and precise description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which Figurel represents a view in perspective of a petroleum gas stove with our improvements. 7

Figure 2 is a view from above, with the cover removed.

Figure 3, a section. v

Figure 4, a view of our fire-cup detached. 7 I

Figure 5, a view'of our combustion disk and improved generating chamber; and

Figure 6, three views of our combustion diskdetached. I

The nature of our invention consists in attaching to stoves intended to be heated with gas from petroleum, naphtha, or other inflammable fluids, a. movable combustion disk, of the construction hereinafter shown, in'connection with a generating chamber, of wrought iron ."or copper, instead of the stationary disk and east-iron chamber heretofore used, for the purpose of doing away with the destructive heat communicated to the generating chamber by adisk, which forms'part thereof, and also by the use of wrought-iron or copper pipe, diminishing the tendency to interior carbonizatiomwhich destroys the ordinary cast-iron chamber in a short time. Also in attaching-to such stoves a fire-cup, of. the construction shown hereinafter, and, ,in connection therewith, surrounding the gasflamewith a fixed ring, for the purposes of saving the fluid which escapes during the process of lighting, and of concentrating the heat at the point required. I

A represents a stove, which is of ordinary construction, except that the lowcrpart is cast with an inner ring, A, whibh reaches to the top of the generating chamber D, except where it is cut away ate 0, to admit'of sliding the disk G towards the shut-oif F. a is the upper part of the stove, made to slip on in the usual way; g, the cover; a, the rim on which the cover res ts. L L LiL'? arethe legs. B represents what we call a fire-cup, which we make of cast iron, with'a lip, d, and which is fastened to the stove A by the screw b, leaving the upper edge of the fire-cup sufiiciently'below the stoveto admit a'draught of air, as shown in fig. 3 of'the drawing. The object-of the fire-cup B is to receive the waste oil, which is kept from -spremiingv over the stove by the fixed ring A, and dropsinto the recess at the botton of the fire-cup, where it burns slowly away. C represents a'movable combustion disk, which we make of .cast iron, with a triangular projection, V, to part the flame, and keep it from the generator pipe The disk G has'on its upper surface two loops, 0 qwhich loosely fit the generating chamber D, so as to allow a circulation of air around the chamber, except at the point of actual contact. By meansof the recess 0 o cut'in the fixed ring A, the disk C may be moved from above the burner f for the purposefof lighting or cleansing. The objectof the-disk C is to distribute the gas flame evenly, and protect the generating chamber from the direct action of the flame. D represe ntstlie generating pipe and chamber; which we make in of the known forms; but, instead of usingcast iron, we make it of wrought iron or copper, either of which lasts much longer than cast 'ironwithout carbonizing, and'which we are able to usein connection with the movable disk 0, which protects the pipe from the severe heat, a hitherto nnsurmountable objection to their use. E represents the reservoir, which we make of any'knewn form; F, the stop-cock o r shut-off, toregulate the supply of fluid; f, the burner; it, a support for the pipe D. The parts, except as hereinbefore described, we make iii any of the usual forms, and, therefore, need no minute description.

The operation of lighting is performed by turning the stop-cock F so as toallow the fluid from E to escape atf, where it is ignited.- After burning long enough togasefy the fluid in the chamber D, the stop-cock is turned so asto supply the fluid-in suflicient quantity to keep up with the consumptiou of gas.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination and arrangement of the fixed ring A with the fire-cup B, for the purposes described.

2. The combination and arrangement of a movable combustion disk, C, with the wrought-iron or copper generating chamber D, substantially as and-for the purposes set forth.

3. The movable combustion disk C, as described.

4.- The fire-cup B, as described.

, CHARLES M. YOUNG, Witnesses: EMORY M. BENSTER,

J. H. MEAD, PETER B. Auscrm. 

